Table I.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2019
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 77.3%    57.9%    81.2%    87.1%    91.5%    82.8%    68.4%    85.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 51.6%    25.0% * 82.8%    87.0%    91.1%    99.1%    41.9%    93.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 75.7%    44.2%    84.0%    93.0%    90.0%    79.4%    67.2%    86.3%   
Construction 81.0%    73.7%    82.2%    85.7%    97.4%    92.6%    78.3%    93.1%   
Utilities and transp. 77.7%    69.8%    86.6%    91.9%    93.6%    69.9%    78.0%    77.5%   
Wholesale trade 77.0%    58.3%    85.4%    89.9%    93.1%    75.2%    71.7%    83.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 76.1%    59.7%    86.0%    90.2%    91.3%    76.5%    67.4%    81.2%   
Retail trade 86.5%    59.6%    86.8%    93.3%    97.9%    91.7%    73.3%    93.1%   
Professional services 70.2%    53.7%    79.6%    82.9%    85.3%    72.7%    64.0%    78.3%   
Other services 79.8%    59.3%    74.3%    83.7%    93.2%    91.3%    67.4%    91.0%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 78.8%    59.0%    83.9%    88.8%    92.5%    83.1%    70.5%    85.8%   
For profit, unincorporated 75.2%    57.6%    83.1%    92.0%    93.3%    81.7%    67.2%    87.0%   
Nonprofit 70.1%    50.8%    60.4%    70.5%    86.5%    82.1%    55.9%    83.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 63.8%    51.8%    87.0%    85.6%    87.9%    95.7%    61.2%    89.6%   
5-9 years 69.8%    53.2%    86.2%    86.2%    94.4%    84.8%    65.4%    89.2%   
10-19 years 73.9%    62.0%    82.0%    87.4%    91.0%    79.8%    70.2%    85.5%   
20 or more years 80.3%    59.5%    78.8%    87.3%    91.4%    83.0%    70.3%    85.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 85.5%    83.7%    80.9%    88.8%    92.0%    82.9%    84.1%    85.6%   
1 location only 68.4%    57.2%    81.2%    85.7%    87.8%    77.5%    66.5%    86.6%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 76.9%    28.8%    66.1%    82.2%    97.0%    93.4%    49.0%    93.9%   
25-49 % 84.4%    50.5%    78.3%    84.3%    95.1%    94.6%    66.1%    93.7%   
50-74 % 77.1%    51.5%    80.6%    88.9%    91.1%    94.7%    63.2%    93.2%   
75% or more 76.5%    61.5%    82.6%    87.5%    90.4%    77.5%    70.9%    82.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 77.9%    57.8%    81.7%    87.6%    91.5%    86.4%    68.5%    88.2%   
Has union employees 71.8%    61.9%    66.3%    75.7%    91.6%    71.0%    66.3%    72.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 85.7%    47.5%    76.4%    88.8%    94.8%    95.1%    62.5%    94.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 75.4%    59.1%    81.7%    86.7%    90.3%    78.1%    69.1%    82.6%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 75.6%    59.9%    81.2%    89.6%    92.9%    77.8%    70.1%    84.4%   
25-49 % 75.4%    60.3%    82.9%    89.0%    90.0%    73.5%    71.5%    78.3%   
50-74 % 77.6%    50.4%    78.4%    85.8%    91.8%    87.3%    61.7%    88.5%   
75% or more 80.6%    61.3%    82.3%    83.7%    90.9%    90.7%    70.3%    90.2%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 81.2%    61.1%    81.8%    88.4%    93.5%    89.8%    71.4%    90.9%   
25-49 % 78.5%    65.5%    79.6%    85.3%    89.5%    77.9%    73.9%    81.0%   
50-74 % 73.9%    57.2%    82.2%    85.9%    88.8%    78.0%    66.8%    82.9%   
75% or more 55.9%    43.9%    82.0%    88.2%    92.7%    73.5%    50.2%    85.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table I.A.2.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2019
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.70%    1.93%    1.36%    0.77%    0.61%    0.89%    1.24%    0.59%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.36%    9.23% * 8.61%    9.29%    6.03%    0.89%    8.22%    3.29%   
Mining and manufacturing 3.54%    9.06%    3.73%    1.79%    1.93%    2.54%    5.76%    1.40%   
Construction 2.62%    5.48%    4.14%    2.81%    0.98%    3.56%    3.17%    1.71%   
Utilities and transp. 3.16%    11.07%    6.59%    3.14%    3.74%    4.25%    6.25%    3.11%   
Wholesale trade 2.83%    7.63%    4.06%    2.44%    1.84%    4.04%    4.72%    2.34%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 2.00%    5.62%    4.11%    2.17%    1.75%    2.37%    4.31%    1.71%   
Retail trade 1.50%    6.03%    3.90%    1.88%    0.95%    1.48%    3.62%    1.13%   
Professional services 1.46%    3.40%    2.34%    1.75%    1.51%    2.25%    2.28%    1.41%   
Other services 1.45%    4.14%    3.71%    1.70%    1.09%    1.53%    2.63%    1.05%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.81%    2.37%    1.50%    0.92%    0.68%    0.98%    1.49%    0.70%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.92%    4.10%    3.28%    1.32%    1.20%    2.93%    2.91%    1.68%   
Nonprofit 1.90%    5.71%    5.19%    2.72%    1.94%    2.75%    3.48%    1.47%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.71%    5.20%    3.70%    3.73%    4.33%    3.03%    4.03%    2.93%   
5-9 years 3.02%    5.11%    3.81%    2.51%    1.54%    7.29%    3.58%    2.07%   
10-19 years 1.98%    3.72%    2.67%    1.77%    1.83%    4.59%    2.50%    2.14%   
20 or more years 0.73%    2.83%    1.90%    0.93%    0.69%    0.91%    1.63%    0.64%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.61%    7.71%    3.81%    1.22%    0.67%    0.89%    2.02%    0.64%   
1 location only 1.24%    1.96%    1.46%    0.99%    1.43%    4.51%    1.35%    1.13%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.85%    8.36%    8.49%    3.58%    0.93%    1.89%    5.61%    1.30%   
25-49 % 1.79%    7.56%    4.50%    2.62%    1.47%    1.33%    4.27%    1.05%   
50-74 % 2.10%    4.86%    3.70%    1.89%    2.06%    1.22%    3.42%    0.99%   
75% or more 0.84%    2.24%    1.52%    0.92%    0.76%    1.20%    1.43%    0.80%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.73%    1.95%    1.37%    0.78%    0.63%    0.85%    1.25%    0.54%   
Has union employees 2.36%    14.02%    9.85%    4.69%    2.62%    2.46%    8.37%    2.22%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.39%    6.24%    4.43%    1.74%    1.10%    0.83%    3.92%    0.65%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.80%    2.03%    1.43%    0.86%    0.73%    1.15%    1.30%    0.76%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.43%    3.31%    2.27%    1.14%    1.10%    2.38%    2.11%    1.36%   
25-49 % 1.56%    4.74%    3.39%    1.68%    1.38%    2.17%    2.94%    1.59%   
50-74 % 1.32%    3.99%    3.05%    1.62%    0.97%    1.26%    2.69%    0.92%   
75% or more 1.33%    3.83%    2.52%    1.83%    1.37%    1.25%    2.42%    0.88%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 1.02%    2.95%    1.89%    1.01%    0.70%    1.15%    1.80%    0.74%   
25-49 % 1.04%    4.07%    2.59%    1.58%    1.23%    1.44%    2.16%    1.07%   
50-74 % 1.87%    4.38%    3.51%    2.05%    1.93%    2.96%    2.95%    1.78%   
75% or more 3.51%    4.55%    5.12%    2.99%    2.67%    7.67%    4.02%    3.03%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.